Taxation
What did the Stamp Act tax?
What is all forms of Paper.
Examples: Legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
Who was a founder of the Sons of Liberty?
Who is Samuel Adams.
How did colonists respond to the Stamp Act?
What is held protests and formed the Stamp Act Congress.
What sparked the Boston Massacre?
What is a protest at the customs house between colonists and redcoats
Who were the Patriots?
What is colonists that supported independence.
What was the reaction to the Townshend Acts?
What is the colonists boycotted British goods.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
What is a final attempt at peace with Great Britian.
Where did the Revolution's first shots occur?
What is Lexington and Concord.
What did Loyalists believe in?
What is remaining loyal to the British crown
What were the Intolerable Acts in response to?
What is the Boston Tea Party.
Who led the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington
Who were the Minutemen?
What is civilian soldiers ready to fight at a moments notice.
What was the result of the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Intolerable Acts enacted by Britain.
What was the Patriots' main argument?
What is "no taxation without representation.
What did the Coercive Acts do?
What is shut down Boston Harbor. Or what is repealed the tax on tea.
Who opposed independence during the Revolution?
What is Loyalists.
What was the significance of the Boston Tea Party?
What is a protest against the British that led to the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.
What was the significance of the Second Continental Congress?
What is establishing the Continental Army with George Washington as its leader
How did the colonists view Loyalists?
What is they viewed them as traitors to America.
What did the Boston Massacre lead to?
What is increased resistance against the British.
Who attacked King George in "Common Sense"?
Who is Thomas Paine.
Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill a moral victory?
What is the Colonists proved they could stand up to British forces despite losing.
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act Congress?
What is to organize colonial resistance against the stamp act.
What was the impact of "Common Sense" on Loyalists?
What is it swayed many of them towards the cause of Independence.